Setting Co2 Alarms; Setting Volume Apnea Alarm - GE Carestation 620 User's Reference Manual

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Setting CO2 alarms

Setting volume apnea alarm

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Use the CO2 Alarms setting to turn off the CO2 'Apnea' alarm,
'EtCO2 low', 'EtCO2 high', and 'FiCO2 high. Absorbent OK?' alarms
during manual ventilation.
CO2 information is obtained from the airway module installed in the
anesthesia system module bay. The CO2 alarms setting has no
effect if there is no airway module in the anesthesia system.
1.
Select Alarm Setup.
2.
To turn off the CO2 alarms, set CO2 Alarms to Off.
The 'CO2 Alarms Off' message shows in the general message
field.
The CO2 alarm limit waveform numerics shows alarm off symbol
during a case.
The alarms remain disabled until the Bag/Vent switch is set to
Vent, the case is ended, or the CO2 Alarms is set to On.
3.
To turn on the CO2 alarms, set CO2 Alarms to On.
4.
Select Close.
Use the Vol Apnea Alarm setting to turn off the volume apnea alarm
during manual ventilation. The volume apnea alarm remains off until
the Bag/Vent switch is set to Vent or Vol Apnea Alarm is set to On.
Note
Vol Apnea Alarm does not show on the Alarm Setup menu when
the Volume Apnea Selection has been disabled by the Super User.
See the "Super user mode" section for more information.
1.
Select Alarm Setup.
2.
To turn the volume apnea alarms off, select Vol Apnea Alarm to
Off.
'Volume Apnea Off' shows in the general message field.
If mechanical ventilation is started, the volume apnea
alarms are active.
If manual ventilation is restarted, a pop-up confirmation
window appears to resume the Off setting.
3.
To turn the volume apnea alarms on, set Vol Apnea Alarm to
On.
4.
Select Close.
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